13 aug 2018

Wisam Yousef Hijazi, 30
Palestinian Medical sources in the Gaza Strip have reported that a seriously injured young man has died from his wounds, on Sunday at night.
The sources said that Wisam Yousef Hijazi, 30, was shot by Israeli army fire on May 14th, during the Great Return March procession, east of Abasan al-Jadeeda town, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
Hijazi remained in a critical condition due to his injury, and was referred to an Egyptian hospital, but succumbed to his wounds at Rafah Border Terminal, between Gaza and Egypt.
Wisam was from Bani Sohelia town, east of Khan Younis.
According to data from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OCHA), published on August 9th 2018, 172 Palestinians; including 140 men, 2 women, 28 boys (children) and 2 girls (children), have been killed in the Gaza Strip since March 30th
It said that the soldiers have injured 17.504 Palestinians, including 9227 who were hospitalized, and 8277 who were treated in field clinics.
According to OCHA, the fatalities include 124 Palestinians who were killed during the protests, and 48 killed in “other
circumstances”; among the latter are seven people whose bodies are reportedly being withheld by the Israeli authorities.
However, on Saturday, August 11th, (prior to Hijazi’s death), Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, the Head of the Public Relations Department on Gaza’s Health Ministry, has reported that the soldiers have killed 167 Palestinians, including three medics, during the Great Return March Procession, since it started on March 30th, 2018.
He added that the soldiers have injured approximately 18.000 Palestinians, including 370 medics, and caused damage to 70 ambulances, since March 30th.
Palestinian Medical sources in the Gaza Strip have reported that a seriously injured young man has died from his wounds, on Sunday at night.
The sources said that Wisam Yousef Hijazi, 30, was shot by Israeli army fire on May 14th, during the Great Return March procession, east of Abasan al-Jadeeda town, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
Hijazi remained in a critical condition due to his injury, and was referred to an Egyptian hospital, but succumbed to his wounds at Rafah Border Terminal, between Gaza and Egypt.
Wisam was from Bani Sohelia town, east of Khan Younis.
According to data from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OCHA), published on August 9th 2018, 172 Palestinians; including 140 men, 2 women, 28 boys (children) and 2 girls (children), have been killed in the Gaza Strip since March 30th
It said that the soldiers have injured 17.504 Palestinians, including 9227 who were hospitalized, and 8277 who were treated in field clinics.
According to OCHA, the fatalities include 124 Palestinians who were killed during the protests, and 48 killed in “other
circumstances”; among the latter are seven people whose bodies are reportedly being withheld by the Israeli authorities.
However, on Saturday, August 11th, (prior to Hijazi’s death), Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, the Head of the Public Relations Department on Gaza’s Health Ministry, has reported that the soldiers have killed 167 Palestinians, including three medics, during the Great Return March Procession, since it started on March 30th, 2018.
He added that the soldiers have injured approximately 18.000 Palestinians, including 370 medics, and caused damage to 70 ambulances, since March 30th.
12 aug 2018

Israeli naval forces attacked a number of Palestinian fishing boats and detained several of the fishermen on Sunday in the northern besieged Gaza Strip.
Nizar Ayyash, the boat captain, told Ma'an that the Israeli naval forces fired at the fishing boats and detained five Palestinian fishermen, who were taken to an unknown location.
Following the attack, Israeli naval forces confiscated the fishing boats and sailed them towards the Israeli Ashdod seaport.
Ayyash identified the detained fishermen as Hassan Fadel Baker and his brother, Nasser, along with his three sons Yasser, Ahmad, and Fadel Nasser Baker.
Israeli military incursions inside the besieged Gaza Strip and near the "buffer zone," which lies on both land and sea sides of Gaza, have long been a near-daily occurrence.
The Israeli army also regularly detains and opens fire on unarmed Palestinian fishermen, shepherds, and farmers along the border areas if they approach the buffer zone, as the authorities have not made clear the precise area of the designated zone.
The practice has in effect destroyed much of the agricultural and fishing sector of the blockaded coastal enclave, which has been under an Israeli air, land, and sea blockade for nearly 12 years.
According to Israeli human rights group B’Tselem, Israel’s Gaza siege and “harassment of fishermen” have been “destroying Gaza’s fishing sector,” with 95 percent of fishermen living below the poverty line.
The Palestinian Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) issued its annual report for 2017 showing Israeli attacks against Palestinian fishermen in the besieged Gaza Strip, highlighting that “these attacks deny fishermen from practicing their fishing work and accessing their livelihood resources.”
Nizar Ayyash, the boat captain, told Ma'an that the Israeli naval forces fired at the fishing boats and detained five Palestinian fishermen, who were taken to an unknown location.
Following the attack, Israeli naval forces confiscated the fishing boats and sailed them towards the Israeli Ashdod seaport.
Ayyash identified the detained fishermen as Hassan Fadel Baker and his brother, Nasser, along with his three sons Yasser, Ahmad, and Fadel Nasser Baker.
Israeli military incursions inside the besieged Gaza Strip and near the "buffer zone," which lies on both land and sea sides of Gaza, have long been a near-daily occurrence.
The Israeli army also regularly detains and opens fire on unarmed Palestinian fishermen, shepherds, and farmers along the border areas if they approach the buffer zone, as the authorities have not made clear the precise area of the designated zone.
The practice has in effect destroyed much of the agricultural and fishing sector of the blockaded coastal enclave, which has been under an Israeli air, land, and sea blockade for nearly 12 years.
According to Israeli human rights group B’Tselem, Israel’s Gaza siege and “harassment of fishermen” have been “destroying Gaza’s fishing sector,” with 95 percent of fishermen living below the poverty line.
The Palestinian Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) issued its annual report for 2017 showing Israeli attacks against Palestinian fishermen in the besieged Gaza Strip, highlighting that “these attacks deny fishermen from practicing their fishing work and accessing their livelihood resources.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims that the Israeli army is in the midst of a comprehensive military confrontation with the Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip.
He also said that the demonstration by the Arab Monitoring Committee against the Nation-State Law is conclusive proof of the challenges facing Israel.
“I will not reveal the operational plans of the army,” Netanyahu said, according to the PNN, during Sunday’s session with Likud ministers. “But, I can confirm the plans are ready and present for any scenario.”
“With the escalation on the southern front, there is an exchange of blows and it will not end in a single blow,” Netanyahu continued. “Our demand is clear, a complete ceasefire and we will not accept less.”
Encouraging incitement among the Arab masses in the country, Netanyahu talked about the demonstrations to remove the Nation-State Law, saying that the protestors want to turn Israel into a Palestinian State.
“Flags of the Palestine Liberation Organization have been raised in the heart of Tel Aviv and we have heard calls: ‘in blood and fire we need you, Palestine.’ Now, it is clearer than ever that the Nation-State Law is necessary to ensure Israel’s future as a Jewish state.”
Netanyahu’s remarks came before the cabinet meeting on security and political affairs, which will be held this afternoon. The meeting is in order to discuss military escalation on the southern front and to discuss the ceasefire proposal for the Palestinian factions in Gaza.
The Israeli military recommended that it continue its operations and stand ready for any emergency on the southern front, in addition to the continued assault onthe so-called “cells” that fire kites and balloons, at the Gaza envelope.
He also said that the demonstration by the Arab Monitoring Committee against the Nation-State Law is conclusive proof of the challenges facing Israel.
“I will not reveal the operational plans of the army,” Netanyahu said, according to the PNN, during Sunday’s session with Likud ministers. “But, I can confirm the plans are ready and present for any scenario.”
“With the escalation on the southern front, there is an exchange of blows and it will not end in a single blow,” Netanyahu continued. “Our demand is clear, a complete ceasefire and we will not accept less.”
Encouraging incitement among the Arab masses in the country, Netanyahu talked about the demonstrations to remove the Nation-State Law, saying that the protestors want to turn Israel into a Palestinian State.
“Flags of the Palestine Liberation Organization have been raised in the heart of Tel Aviv and we have heard calls: ‘in blood and fire we need you, Palestine.’ Now, it is clearer than ever that the Nation-State Law is necessary to ensure Israel’s future as a Jewish state.”
Netanyahu’s remarks came before the cabinet meeting on security and political affairs, which will be held this afternoon. The meeting is in order to discuss military escalation on the southern front and to discuss the ceasefire proposal for the Palestinian factions in Gaza.
The Israeli military recommended that it continue its operations and stand ready for any emergency on the southern front, in addition to the continued assault onthe so-called “cells” that fire kites and balloons, at the Gaza envelope.

Two Palestinians were injured afternoon on Sunday by the Israeli occupation forces east of Jabalia town, north of the blockaded Gaza Strip.
Medical sources said two Palestinians were evacuated to the Indonesian Hospital, north of Gaza, after they were shot by the Israeli military.
At least 167 Palestinians were killed and 18,000 other injured in Israeli attacks on the Great March of return protests staged at the Gaza border since March 30.
Medical sources said two Palestinians were evacuated to the Indonesian Hospital, north of Gaza, after they were shot by the Israeli military.
At least 167 Palestinians were killed and 18,000 other injured in Israeli attacks on the Great March of return protests staged at the Gaza border since March 30.
11 aug 2018

Israeli naval forces on Saturday evening heavily opened fire at a group of anti-siege boats that set sail from Gaza port toward the 1948 occupied Palestine in protest at Israeli blockade.
The PIC reporter said that 40 'Freedom' vessels having on board dozens of Palestinian activists were attacked by Israeli gunboats, adding that one of the activists was slightly injured by a rubber bullet.
Spokesman for the National Committee to Break the Siege Adham Abu Salmiya said during a press conference at Gaza port that the sea march sends a message that any solution that does not involve lifting the siege on Gaza will never be accepted.
Representative for the Higher National Committee for the Great March of Return and Breaking the siege, Wajih Abu Zarifa, said that the Palestinian people in Gaza will not pay any political price in exchange for lifting the blockade.
The Gaza Strip has been living under crippling blockade since 2006. According to European reports, 40% of the Gazan people live below the poverty line, while 80% of them depend on humanitarian aid to live.
The PIC reporter said that 40 'Freedom' vessels having on board dozens of Palestinian activists were attacked by Israeli gunboats, adding that one of the activists was slightly injured by a rubber bullet.
Spokesman for the National Committee to Break the Siege Adham Abu Salmiya said during a press conference at Gaza port that the sea march sends a message that any solution that does not involve lifting the siege on Gaza will never be accepted.
Representative for the Higher National Committee for the Great March of Return and Breaking the siege, Wajih Abu Zarifa, said that the Palestinian people in Gaza will not pay any political price in exchange for lifting the blockade.
The Gaza Strip has been living under crippling blockade since 2006. According to European reports, 40% of the Gazan people live below the poverty line, while 80% of them depend on humanitarian aid to live.

Three Palestinian citizens were injured Saturday in new Israeli airstrikes on different targets in the Gaza Strip.
Gaza Ministry of Health announced that two Palestinians were also moderately injured after being shot by the Israeli occupation forces near Gaza's eastern border.
Local sources said that Israeli drones attacked three groups of Palestinian youths in different Gaza areas.
A spokesman for the Israeli army claimed that the attacks targeted Palestinians who were flying fire kites and balloons toward Israeli settlements neighboring Gaza.
Since the start of the Great March of Return on 30th March, thousands of dunums of settler land have been burned by fire kites and balloons sent by Gaza protesters in response to Israeli crimes.
Gaza Ministry of Health announced that two Palestinians were also moderately injured after being shot by the Israeli occupation forces near Gaza's eastern border.
Local sources said that Israeli drones attacked three groups of Palestinian youths in different Gaza areas.
A spokesman for the Israeli army claimed that the attacks targeted Palestinians who were flying fire kites and balloons toward Israeli settlements neighboring Gaza.
Since the start of the Great March of Return on 30th March, thousands of dunums of settler land have been burned by fire kites and balloons sent by Gaza protesters in response to Israeli crimes.

UN Deputy Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process arrived Saturday in the Gaza Strip.
Safa news agency reported, quoting security sources, that the deputy coordinator arrived with three assistants in Gaza via Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing.
The visit came hours after calm was restored in the besieged territory following an Egypt-brokered ceasefire agreement between the Palestinian resistance factions and the Israeli occupation.
UN Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, last Thursday visited Qatar to attend meetings with senior officials on the recent developments in the Gaza Strip.
Five Palestinians, including a pregnant woman and her one-year-old child, were killed when the Israeli army launched dozens of airstrikes on different Gaza targets on Wednesday and Thursday.
The Palestinian resistance factions responded to the attacks by firing dozens of projectiles and mortar shells at Israeli settlements adjacent to the Gaza Strip.
Safa news agency reported, quoting security sources, that the deputy coordinator arrived with three assistants in Gaza via Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing.
The visit came hours after calm was restored in the besieged territory following an Egypt-brokered ceasefire agreement between the Palestinian resistance factions and the Israeli occupation.
UN Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, last Thursday visited Qatar to attend meetings with senior officials on the recent developments in the Gaza Strip.
Five Palestinians, including a pregnant woman and her one-year-old child, were killed when the Israeli army launched dozens of airstrikes on different Gaza targets on Wednesday and Thursday.
The Palestinian resistance factions responded to the attacks by firing dozens of projectiles and mortar shells at Israeli settlements adjacent to the Gaza Strip.

Ahmad Jamal Abu Loly 40
A Palestinian man, 40 died on Saturday morning of wounds he sustained on the previous day during Gaza border protests.
The martyr, identified as Ahmad Jamal Abu Loly, was shot and critically injured by Israeli forces on Friday while participating in the Great March of Return protests to the east of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.
This brings the total number of those killed during the Friday protests to three, while 307 others were injured including five medics and two journalists.
A Palestinian man, 40 died on Saturday morning of wounds he sustained on the previous day during Gaza border protests.
The martyr, identified as Ahmad Jamal Abu Loly, was shot and critically injured by Israeli forces on Friday while participating in the Great March of Return protests to the east of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.
This brings the total number of those killed during the Friday protests to three, while 307 others were injured including five medics and two journalists.
10 aug 2018
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Abdullah al-Qotati medic
Ali Saeid al-Aloul 55 Israeli forces have opened fire on Palestinians taking part in a protest in the area between the occupied territories and the besieged Gaza Strip, leaving two people killed. The Gaza Health Ministry said Abdullah al-Qotati, a young medic, was killed by Israeli fire east of the city of Khan Yunis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip on Friday. video The spokesmen for the ministry, Ashraf al-Qidra, added that Israeli forces also killed 55-year-old Ali Saeid al-Aloul east of the city of Rafah in southern Gaza. |
According to the ministry, at least 170 Palestinians, including medics and journalists, were also injured during the protest.
Tensions have been running high near the fence since March 30, which marked the start of a series of protests dubbed “The Great March of Return.” Palestinian protesters demand the right to return for those driven out of their homeland.
The clashes in Gaza reached their peak on May 14, the eve of the 70th anniversary of Nakba Day, or the Day of Catastrophe, which coincided this year with Washington's relocation of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to occupied Jerusalem al-Quds.
Israeli fire has taken the lives of nearly 160 Palestinians since March 30. Nearly 15,000 Palestinians have also sustained injuries, of whom at least 360 are reportedly in critical condition.
On June 13, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution, sponsored by Turkey and Algeria, condemning Israel for Palestinian civilian deaths in the Gaza Strip.
Gaza has been under Israeli siege since June 2007, causing a decline in living standards as well as unprecedented unemployment and poverty.
Israel has also launched several wars on the Palestinian sliver, the last of which began in early July 2014 and ended in late August the same year. The Israeli military aggression killed nearly 2,200 Palestinians and injured over 11,100 others.
On Thursday, Israeli aircraft bombed a multi-story building in Gaza City amid threats of another full-scale military offensive against the besieged coastal enclave.
Tensions have been running high near the fence since March 30, which marked the start of a series of protests dubbed “The Great March of Return.” Palestinian protesters demand the right to return for those driven out of their homeland.
The clashes in Gaza reached their peak on May 14, the eve of the 70th anniversary of Nakba Day, or the Day of Catastrophe, which coincided this year with Washington's relocation of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to occupied Jerusalem al-Quds.
Israeli fire has taken the lives of nearly 160 Palestinians since March 30. Nearly 15,000 Palestinians have also sustained injuries, of whom at least 360 are reportedly in critical condition.
On June 13, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution, sponsored by Turkey and Algeria, condemning Israel for Palestinian civilian deaths in the Gaza Strip.
Gaza has been under Israeli siege since June 2007, causing a decline in living standards as well as unprecedented unemployment and poverty.
Israel has also launched several wars on the Palestinian sliver, the last of which began in early July 2014 and ended in late August the same year. The Israeli military aggression killed nearly 2,200 Palestinians and injured over 11,100 others.
On Thursday, Israeli aircraft bombed a multi-story building in Gaza City amid threats of another full-scale military offensive against the besieged coastal enclave.
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At least four Palestinians were injured alongside the eastern borders of the besieged Gaza Strip on the 20th Friday of "The Great March of Return" marches.
Palestinian youths set fire to tires and launched incendiary balloons. Israeli soldiers fired live ammunition and tear-gas bombs towards peaceful protesters in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip and eastern Gaza City. Spokesperson of the Hamas movement, Abed al-Latif al-Qanou, said that this Friday marches set off under the slogan of "Friday of Freedom and Life", which confirms the Palestinian people’s persistent on continuing marches of return despite escalation. |
"The Great March of Return" protests were launched on March 30th by thousands of Palestinian civilians in Gaza -- which has suffered from a decade-long Israeli siege -- who took to the borders to demand their right of return as refugees to their original homelands, now in present-day Israel. video

A tentative clam has been reigning over the Gaza Strip since 10:45 pm local time after a ceasefire agreement was reached on Thursday night between the Palestinian resistance factions and Israel.
The agreement was brokered by Egypt and the UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, who led efforts to prevent another war. Both have repeatedly called for the restoration of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in previous months.
While Israeli officials denied the existence of a ceasefire, Israel’s Channel 10 quoted an Israeli diplomat as saying that there was a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, which would go into effect at midnight.
Israel had launched scores of airstrikes on Gaza over the past day provoking the Palestinian resistance to retaliate by firing a spate of rockets and mortars at Israeli military targets and settlements.
A surge in Israeli airstrikes and Palestinian counterattacks in recent weeks prompted the UN and Egypt to try to broker a truce to prevent another all-out conflict.
Despite those truce efforts, Israel escalated its aerial attacks on Gaza on Wednesday night and Thursday, striking more than 150 targets in Gaza and forcing the Palestinian resistance to respond
One of Israel’s air raids on Wednesday claimed the lives of three Palestinian civilians in Gaza, including a pregnant mother and her one-year-old daughter.
The agreement was brokered by Egypt and the UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, who led efforts to prevent another war. Both have repeatedly called for the restoration of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in previous months.
While Israeli officials denied the existence of a ceasefire, Israel’s Channel 10 quoted an Israeli diplomat as saying that there was a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, which would go into effect at midnight.
Israel had launched scores of airstrikes on Gaza over the past day provoking the Palestinian resistance to retaliate by firing a spate of rockets and mortars at Israeli military targets and settlements.
A surge in Israeli airstrikes and Palestinian counterattacks in recent weeks prompted the UN and Egypt to try to broker a truce to prevent another all-out conflict.
Despite those truce efforts, Israel escalated its aerial attacks on Gaza on Wednesday night and Thursday, striking more than 150 targets in Gaza and forcing the Palestinian resistance to respond
One of Israel’s air raids on Wednesday claimed the lives of three Palestinian civilians in Gaza, including a pregnant mother and her one-year-old daughter.
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